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| Sounds | perzeh'nt; preh'zahnt; priyzeh'nt |
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| Rhymes | accent, admonishment, advent / Advent, and 66 more rhymes in ehnt at the HyperDic website... |
| abandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 654 more rhymes in ahnt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Temporal sense. Intermediate between past and future. Now existing or happening or in consideration. |
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| Examples | "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations" |
| Attribute of | timing |
| Similar | existing; immediate; instant, inst; latter-day |
| Contrary | past; future |
| Adverbs | presently |
| Meaning | Spatial sense. Being or existing in a specified place. |
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| Examples | "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation" |
| Attribute of | presence |
| Similar | attending, in attendance; ever-present; existing; here; naturally occurring; omnipresent, ubiquitous |
| Contrary | absent |
| Meaning | The period of time that is happening now. Any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech. |
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| Examples | "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" |
| Synonyms | nowadays |
| Narrower | now; here and now, present moment, moment; date; times, modern times, present time, modern world, contemporary world; time being, nonce; today; tonight |
| Broader | time |
| Meaning | Something presented as a gift. |
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| Examples | "his tie was a present from his wife" |
| Narrower | birthday present, birthday gift; Christmas present, Christmas gift; wedding present, wedding gift |
| Broader | gift |
| Verbs | present |
| Meaning | A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking. |
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| Synonyms | present tense |
| Narrower | historical present |
| Broader | tense |
| Meaning | Show or demonstrate something to an interested audience. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something |
| Synonyms | show, demo, exhibit, demonstrate |
| Narrower | bring home |
| Broader | show |
| Nouns | presentation; presentation; presentation, presentment |
| Meaning | Bring forward and present to the mind. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Examples | "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" |
| Synonyms | represent, lay out |
| Narrower | argue, reason; argue, indicate; spin |
| Broader | state, say, tell |
| Nouns | presentation |
| Meaning | Perform (a play), especially on a stage. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Model | Did he present his major works over a short period of time? |
| Synonyms | stage, represent |
| Category | performing arts |
| Entailed by | cast |
| Narrower | set, localize, localise, place |
| Broader | re-create |
| Nouns | presentment |
| Meaning | Hand over formally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something |
| Synonyms | submit |
| Narrower | bring in |
| Broader | give |
| Nouns | presentation; presenter; present |
| Meaning | Introduce. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | pose |
| Broader | constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be |
| Meaning | Give, especially as a reward. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Synonyms | award |
| Narrower | certificate; confer, bestow |
| Broader | allocate, apportion |
| Nouns | presentation |
| Meaning | Give as a present. Make a gift of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody |
| Synonyms | give, gift |
| Narrower | endow, dower; distribute, give out, hand out; give away; raffle, raffle off; tip, fee, bung; bequeath, will, leave; surrender, cede, deliver, give up; grant, deed over; treat; donate; tender; render, submit |
| Nouns | presenter |
| Meaning | Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" |
| Synonyms | deliver |
| Narrower | speechify |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
| Nouns | presentation; presentation |
| Meaning | Cause to come to know personally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
| Synonyms | introduce, acquaint |
| Narrower | reacquaint; reintroduce, re-introduce; present; introduce, bring out |
| Broader | inform |
| Similar to | familiarize, familiarise, acquaint |
| Nouns | presenter; presentation |
| Meaning | Represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | portray |
| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production |
| Narrower | commend |
| Broader | represent, interpret |
| Nouns | presentation; presentment |
| Meaning | Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | confront, face |
| Similar to | confront, face up, face |
| Meaning | Formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Broader | introduce, present, acquaint |
| Nouns | presentation |
| Meaning | Recognize with a gesture prescribed by a miltary regulation. Assume a prescribed position. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | salute |
| Entails | gesticulate, gesture, motion |
| Broader | greet, recognize, recognise |